Operations
Barbican
gym watch
This initiative assists gyms in the Barbican area to pass
information regarding possible undesirables on their premises. The
watch consists of Virgin Active, Barbican YMCA, L.A Fitness, City
Golf and Health Club, and Citypoint Club Gym.
Wards involved:
Cripplegate
Illegal Ice cream
vans
There is a problem in the
Tower
ward area with illegal ice cream vans. This issue
is shared by our colleagues in the Metropolitan Police area
and the Police officers at the Snow Hill division of City of London
Police. A joint agency coordinated approach is being arranged to
deal with this problem which will involved:
Wards involved:
Tower
ward
Operation
Nova
This operation in conjunction was designed to combat crime and
anti-social behaviour in and around the St Paul’s Cathedral /
Paternoster Square area by A/PS Dean Stanhope (Castle
Baynard) and A/PS Dilliway (Bread Street). We have
purchased a number of postcards depicting City of London Police
Officers around the St Paul’s area; the rear of the postcard
contains a message in nine languages, warning tourists, visitors
and business workers of pickpockets in the area. This is an
excellent way to be able to make contact, with that very hard to
reach part of the community, tourists. This was an excellent way to
be able to make contact, with that very hard to reach part of the
community, tourists.
In 2005 nearly 10,000 postcards were issued to members of the
public, and crime was reduced by 35%.
Wards involved:
Bread Street -
Castle Baynard
Operation
Oxen
This operation, run in partnership with St Bartholomew's Hospital,
has been introduced to reduce crime. To date this has proved a
major success involving a strong partnership between the Hospital
Trust and police.
Wards
involved:
Farringdon within
Operation
Poncho
This
is a multi-agency approach to reduce begging and vagrancy within
the City of London by ensuring that those involved received support
from drug and welfare agencies.
Wards
involved:
Aldgate -
Billingsgate -
Bishopsgate -
Bridge -
Candlewick -
Cornhill -
Dowgate -
Langbourn -
Lime Street -
Tower -
Walbrook
Operation
Stallion
In response to concerns raise by residents on the Mansell Street
housing estate, police officers and police community support
officers regularly conduct high visibility foot patrols to deter
and detect any anti-social behaviour in the area.
Wards involved:
Portsoken
Operation to
prevent the advertising of prostitute
services
Concerns
were raised by members of the community about the proliferation of
prostitute advertising cardS, which were being left and displayed
in public telephone boxes, particularly in the Holborn / Fleet
Street areas. As a result of this, efforts were made by the ward
policing team to target the perpetrators, arrest them, and deal as
appropriate. There have to date been in excess of thirty arrests
and a substantial amount of intelligence gathered. The number of
cards being left has been substantially
reduced.
Wards
involved:
Farringdon without
Safety
Thirst
In partnership with Safer City Partnerships (City of London
Corporation), licensed premises are encouraged to join this Force
wide
Safety Thirst scheme, where best practice and crime prevention
initiatives are acknowledged.
Wards
involved:
Farringdon within -
Farringdon without
Smithfield Christmas road
traffic campaign
This
campaign runs each year during the last market trading week before
Christmas. It is designed chiefly to keep the market roads free and
running, thus preventing disorder. The market was initially
designed in the Victorian era for the use of horses and carts, and
although the road system has been improved over the years, it is
still not sufficiently robust to cater for Christmas, when trade
increases many times over. The overspill of vehicles has been known
in the past to cause traffic jams up to and beyond King's Cross
(North) and Blackfriars Bridge (South). The campaign is resource
intensive and involves the police preventing the blockage of the
corners on the market site, thereby ensuring the flow of
traffic.
Wards
involved:
Farringdon without
Taxi Marshaling
Scheme
This is a scheme designed to promote the use of legitimate black
cabs as opposed to unlicensed illegal mini cab drivers. The was
successfully piloted in Liverpool Street and has now been extended
to cover the Queen Victoria Street area. It is a joint initiative
involving the City Police, the Crime and Disorder Reduction
Partnership and other bodies. Two marshals are provided and over
11,223 have used the scheme.